Investment is no longer a matter of individual savers directly choosing which shares or bonds to buy. Rather, most of their money flows through a'chain': an often extended …
L Seabrooke, D Wigan - Review of international political economy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This article offers a theoretical framework to explain how Global Wealth Chains (GWCs) are created, maintained, and governed. We draw upon different strands of literature, including …
The interventions of crisis management during the 2007 to 2011 financial crisis were not simply responses to a set of given developments in markets, banking or neo-liberal …
A not-so-quiet revolution seems to be occurring in wealthy capitalist societies-supermarkets selling 'guilt free'Fairtrade products; lifestyle TV gurus exhorting us to eat less, buy local and …
It is commonplace to say that criminals pay their debt to society by spending time in prison, but what is a “debt to society”? How is crime understood as a debt? How has time become …
Consumer credit borrowing–using credit cards, store cards and personal loans–is an important and routine part of many of our lives. But what happens when these everyday …
This paper critically analyses the importance of risk management techniques in the war on terror. From the protection of borders to international financial flows, from airport security to …
I Erturk, J Froud, S Johal, A Leaver… - Review of international …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses the 'democratization of finance'or the promise that all households can make money and/or manage risk by buying appropriate financial services products. It does …
E Wyly, M Moos, D Hammel… - International journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression has drawn worldwide attention to America's subprime mortgage sector and its linkages with predatory exploitation in …